Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Oscar* McLollie She's a Child Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child
Jonathan Edwards Carolina Caroline Sailboat
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Twins War War War
Country Mcdonald Joe* Jean Desprez War War War
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) You're Getting Better Love Serenade
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold
Aarons And Ackley* Bonnie Blue You And I
Joe* Glazer The Farmer is the Man A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Buddy Knox I Ain't Sharin' Sharon ST (mono)
Alpha Centauri One Night at a Time ST
Jack Holland There's More to Come The Eyes of a Dreamer
Loni Gamble Could it be Love ST
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Pinebo (My Story) Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Devil Woman ST
Priscilla* Rollins Going Out of My Head Over You Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) (There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World Love Serenade
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh Skareggae
Buddy Knox C'mon Baby ST (mono)
Eddie* Murray Montreal, Canada Blues Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars Presque Isle Eighth Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth
Buddy Knox Mary Lou ST
Nelson* Riddle Peace River British Columbia Suite
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun) Skareggae
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Country Mcdonald Joe* War Widow War War War
Buddy Knox Hula Love ST
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Buddy Knox That's Why I Cry ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Never Tell Your Mother She's Out of Tune Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Buddy Knox Teasable, Pleasable You ST (mono)
Ellen McIlwaine Keep On Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billy Joe Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine We Got Each Other Ellen McIlwaine
David Amram Little Momma Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Joe* Glazer We Shall Not Be Moved A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Happy Dolls Funky Stuff Show Album No. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Love and Devotion Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine We The People Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Jonathan Edwards People Get Ready Sailboat
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Halya Carries the Water Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Am I Blue And I Love Her
Ernie* Smith Time To Behold Jah
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Drum Solo Show Album No. 1
Alpha Centauri I'm a Rebel ST
Oscar* McLollie Buried Alive ST
Charmaines* The One For Me (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental) Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Aarons And Ackley* Almost Five O'Clock You And I
Nelson* Riddle Valley of the Swans British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Aarons And Ackley* Swanee Song ST
Alpha Centauri Earth in Motion ST
Ellen McIlwaine Money Can't Save You Ellen McIlwaine
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Cossack Beyond the Danube Ukrainian Pops
Matt* Lucas Vibrator Blues Matt Gets Blue
Bluebird* Country Boy Blues Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost
Albert Jones* I Feel So Good The Facts of Life
Cal* Bostic Let Me Love You Introducing...
Ursa Major* Sinner ST
Ellen McIlwaine Say a Single Word Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jonathan Edwards Evangelina Sailboat
Zambonis* Live Intro - Hockey Monkey To Bleed Black and Gold
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Late Night Movies I'm a Song
Loni Gamble It's You ST
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Devil Woman I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Ron Richardson Ooh Wee Babe Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Honky Tonk Woman Love Serenade
Albert Jones* That's the Way You Lost My Love The Facts of Life
Matt* Lucas Drunkard's Dream Matt Gets Blue
Priscilla* Rollins You Send Me Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Time After Time And I Love Her
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Charmaines* (You Are) Hypnotized (You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Jack Holland Get it Behind You Girl The Eyes of a Dreamer
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Priscilla* Rollins Goody Goody Lover's Choice Vol. 1
David Amram Old Man and the Children Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ernie* Smith Oh But If I Skareggae
Ellen McIlwaine Steal Him Away Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm a Song (Reprise) I'm a Song
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains Ukrainian Pops

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

San Diego, California, USA - Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

Kingston, Jamaica - Toronto, Ontario

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (3)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It (1)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (2)

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People (1)

War War War

Amist the Black Eyes

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 02

Shirley Granger - Amist the Black Eyes MINT LABEL 01

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